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Tunable-white lighting is being promoted as a benefit to providers because it can improve the lighting quality of a facility through increasing light intensity levels, reducing glare, and providing better control when compared with existing systems.

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Tunable-white lighting is being promoted as a benefit to providers because it can improve the lighting quality of a facility through increasing light intensity levels, reducing glare, and providing better control when compared with existing systems.

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Tunable-white lighting is being promoted as a benefit to providers because it can improve the lighting quality of a facility through increasing light intensity levels, reducing glare, and providing better control when compared with existing systems.

Success is not just about investing in a turnaround and pulling a profit; it’s also about avoiding a bad investment in the first place. Here are some things to keep an eye on when getting involved in a turnaround property.

A specialty subgroup of more than 40 volunteer industry experts was brought together as part of the 2014 cycle to update, improve, and create the new design guidelines for residential care communities.

More than half of long term care residents suffer from malnutrition, which cascades into other problems, from infections to falls, experts say. Keeping residents with dementia calm during meals is, therefore, critical for providers and the residents.

This idea began at a department head meeting while discussing ways to enhance the resident dining experience. The team was able to tap into its dining services vendor for resources to accomplish this endeavor.

When residents’ satisfaction about their communities’ outdoor areas increased, their willingness to refer others to live in the community also increased, resulting in more word-of-mouth referrals that increased occupancy and lowered marketing costs for providers, researchers found.

There are a number of challenges when it comes to the renovation of an entire wing within a fully occupied seniors housing community.
How does one completely renovate a space while minimizing the disruption to daily living of both the facility’s staff and a mix of elderly and infirm people? Rarely is the work itself to be considered a typical renovation.
Demolition, framing, plumbing, electrical, finishes, and so on all have to be completed in the midst of a functioning facility. One analogy that has been used to describe construction in an occupied senior environment is that it is “like trying to paint the lines on the highway while the road is open.”

This senior generation is not coasting to the end. They are still on the journey, seeking new experiences and an expanded awareness. At this stage of life, today’s seniors have more time to indulge in areas of interest that they may have had to set aside in favor of work and family obligations.

It would be difficult to argue that most people would not be happier and healthier if they could begin each day with a quiet, relaxed breakfast where there was a view of the ocean or the mountains. A peaceful stroll through the woods or a nice garden between the door of a home and the door of a car each day before work would better prepare everyone psychologically and physically for the day’s events.